[Cover photo credit to Chris Hosey]

New Jersey-based Technical Death Metal troupe Cognitive have announced new album Abhorrence, set for release on May 17th, 2024 on Metal Blade Records. The band’s fifth full-length album follows 2021‘s Malevolent Thoughts Of A Hastened Extinction.

Cognitive started work on Abhorrence while touring in support of Malevolent Thoughts Of A Hastened Extinction, sending tracks back and forth while trekking from one gig to the next.

Guitarist Bob Wharton shares:

There were riffs and ideas that didn’t make Malevolent Thoughts…We just kept toiling away with it. And then we recorded the ’Rot Eternal‘ single in between touring. So, it’s been just nonstop writing.

Drummer AJ Viana has his own studio and recorded, tracked, and mixed the album, before Ryan Williams (The Black Dahlia Murder, John Frum) at Metal Blade Records mastered it.

Wharton says about the songs:

Our lyrics for this record are all over the place. There’s some stuff about video games and addiction and mental health. To me, that‘s the kind of subject matter that hits home because everyone’s got stuff going on in their lives. It’s relatable.

The title track also serves as the record‘s opener and first single.

Wharton elaborates on the track:

’Abhorrence‘ is a groove-filled song with a melodic chorus. Heavily syncopated drums make every chug hit harder and harder. It‘s a song filled with tension and aggressive vocal patterns screaming about anxiety, panic, and depression all at once.

COGNITIVE w/ PaRtY-CaNnOn
5.03.24 Hamburg, DE @ Bambi Galore
5.05.24 Copenhagen, DK @ Stengade
5.07.24 Essen, DE @ Don‘t Panic
5.08.24 Charleroi, BE @ MCP Apache
5.09.24 Aarau, CH @ KiFF Foyer
5.10.24 Augsburg, DE @ Ballonfabrik
5.12.24 Darmstadt, DE @ Steinbruch Theater
5.13.24 Erfurt, DE @ VEB Bandhaus
5.14.24 Osnabrück, DE @ Bastard Club
5.15.24 Kortrijk, BE @ De Verlichte Geest
5.16.24 Alkmaar, NL @ The Scrapyard
5.17.24 Eindhoven, NL @ Dynamo
5.18.24 Arnhem, NL Willemeen